---
title: '1914 (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Oswald'
released: '1931-01-20'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/1914-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020619/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 1914 (1931)

1931 · 111 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: 1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand

## Synopsis

1914 is a 1931 German drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Albert Bassermann, Hermann Wlach and Wolfgang von Schwindt. The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War, culminating in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip. It was produced at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered in the city at the Tauentzien-Palast on 20 January 1931. At the request of the German Foreign Office an introduction by Eugen Fischer-Baling was filmed and presented at the start of the film. A special screening was held at the Reichstag on 3 March 1931.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Oswald](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-oswald)
- **Producer:** [Richard Oswald](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-oswald)
- **Screenplay:** [Fritz Wendhausen](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-wendhausen), [Heinz Goldberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-goldberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mutz Greenbaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/mutz-greenbaum)
- **Editor:** [Paul Falkenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-falkenberg)

## Cast

- [Michael von Newlinsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-von-newlinsky)
- [Ferdinand Martini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-martini)
- [Heinrich Schroth](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-schroth)
- [Adolf Klein](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-klein)
- [Carl Goetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-goetz)
- [Viktor de Kowa](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-de-kowa)
- [Karl Gerhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-gerhardt)
- [Ernst Dernburg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-dernburg)
- [Heinrich George](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-george)
- [Paul Mederow](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mederow)
- [Hermann Wlach](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-wlach)
- [Bruno Ziener](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-ziener)
- [Fred Goebel](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-goebel)
- [Lucie Höflich](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucie-hoflich)
- [Carl Balhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-balhaus)

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